Ruth Cardello has 36 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 22 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.8★ across 6 ratings. The most-rated is The Broken One.
Let It Burn
Summary
Billionaire Andrew Barrington walked away from the lavish lifestyle he was raised in to serve as a Marine. Until recently, he would have said he'd made the right choice. A tragic set of events, however, has him not reenlisting and emotionally hitting rock bottom. Helene Franklin is visiting her uncle as part of an extended vacation in Aruba. She trades her bikini for an office job when he says there is trouble brewing at his clinic and asks her to keep an eye out for anything unusual. Every Marine needs a mission. To appease his family, Andrew heads to Aruba to track down what he believes is a wild goose chase. Expecting to discover nothing, he meets a quirky, irresistible virgin who is just about to turn his whole world upside down. His questions will put her in danger. Her love will set him free. What will they gain and what will they lose when they both decide to...let it burn?
©2017 Ruth Cardello (P)2017 Ruth Cardello
A Billionaire for Lexi
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Clay Landon has never taken himself or his life of privilege seriously. He has spent his life going where he wanted, when he wanted, and keeping his relationships as casual and open as his lifestyle. It's a pretty damn good life until he meets Lexi Chambers, an equally free spirit who is completely unimpressed by him or his wealth. Lexi Chambers knows how to get into trouble and does so with a skill acquired by doing it a lot. Her sister, Willa, recently married into the wealthy Barrington family and Lexi is trying to stay on her best behavior. One too-sexy-for-his-own-good, Clay, will test her resolve. He'll make her laugh and push her to, once again, believe in possibilities.
©2016 Ruth Cardello (P)2016 Ruth Cardello
Never Goodbye
Summary
In the Barrington family, Ian is the fixer. He lives a double life - one that has provided him with the skills to save his family more than once. Reuniting with the brother they’d all believed was dead has shaken him to the core. He is driven to find the responsible party, regardless of the consequences. Claire Wendell’s best friend recently married into the very powerful, very troubled Barrington family. When she stepped away from her own life to help Annie and Kade settle into theirs, she had no idea it would put her on a possible suspect list. She’s bold enough to stand up to Ian and intuitive enough to see past his anger, but love may not be enough to protect the family when the truth about the woman who raised Kade is revealed. How important is the truth? Is it worth losing everything?
©2019 Ruth Cardello (P)2020 Ruth Cardello
In the Heir
Summary
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Ruth Cardello returns with an irresistible series about sexy billionaires and the strong-willed women who tame them. Brett Westerly is his father's golden child, but it's come at a cost. As head of the family corporation, he throws himself into his work - hiding in his office is easier than confronting the reality of his broken family. After a bitter divorce that split the family and divided loyalties, the wealthy Westerly matriarch offers an early inheritance to any grandchild who marries and invites the entire family to the wedding. Brett's brother Spencer rashly gets engaged, and Brett knows it's his duty to intervene. But he never imagined the unwelcome desire Spencer's fiery fiancée would spark in him. Now the man who's used to getting everything he could want has met the one woman he can't have. Ever since she was a girl, Alisha Coventry considered Spencer and his sister Rachelle the family she didn't have. When Spencer asks for her help, Alisha has no problem becoming his fake fiancée - until she meets Spencer's sexy older brother Brett. The chemistry between them is undeniable - forbidden - but as their relationship deepens, Brett is determined to have her. Alisha only wanted to help the family make amends. Now she's falling for the wrong Westerly.
©2017 RCardello LLC (P)2017 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.
Rise of the Billionaire
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New York Times & USA Today best-selling author! Dreaming of Alethea gave Jeremy Kater the strength to survive a difficult childhood. Now that he has influential friends who owe him some big favors, he's determined to become the kind of man Alethea would be interested in: rich and dangerous. Jeisa Borreto was hired to help Jeremy morph into that man. It's a job she would enjoy, if it weren't tearing her heart to pieces. How can she help him change once she's realized she's fallen in love with the man he's always been? Hint: Sleeping with him doesn't help.
©2013 Ruth Cardello (P)2014 Ruth Cardello
Breaching the Billionaire: Alethea's Redemption
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Alethea is at a crossroad. For as long as she could remember, it was her and her best friend, Lil, against the world. Now that Lil has met Prince "I have my own helicopter" Charming and reconnected with her family, Alethea is on the outside looking in, justifying who she's always been to people who have never understood her. When she uncovers a looming threat to Lil's family, she's determined to save them, even after they tell her not to get involved and assign their best man to stop her. Marc Stone has been watching Alethea ever since she waltzed through his security system and right into his late night fantasies. As a decorated Marine, he's seen war, but nothing could prepare him for this wild redhead. Strong. Beautiful. Flawed, and fiercely protective. Hard to love, and impossible to deny. If she'll stop fighting him long enough, he'll show her just how perfect they are for each other. That is, if she doesn't get them both killed first.
©2014 Ruth Cardello (P)2014 Ruth Cardello
Loving Gigi
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Gigi Bassano Young. Beautiful. Idealistic. Proud. Gigi was raised outside the Andrade clan, but it has left her with an ache she cannot deny. When she's invited to her brothers' weddings, she refuses at first, then changes her mind and attends without telling anyone. She won't let herself love them, but she can't stay away. It's a recipe for disappointment and heartbreak...especially when she throws herself at her brother's best friend, Kane. Kane Sander Sexy, rich, loyal, protective. He shouldn't want her. But he will. He should stay away from her. But he won't. Love doesn't follow anyone's rules. Deny it. Run from it. Love always finds a way.
©2015 Ruth Cardello (P)2016 Ruth Cardello
Reluctantly Rescued
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Bradford has spent his life saving innocents, but there are some days he doesn't see much difference between himself and the criminals he takes out. His goal is to die doing something important. Until he meets Joanna and she turns his life upside down. Children's book author. Mini-horse rescue owner. She believes every life has value, and that no matter how lost someone is, there is always a way back. She's determined to be his friend, but she's too sweet, too sexy to resist, and way too interested in another man. She's everything he isn't and everything he wants. He's so broken she can't walk away from him, but how far will she go to save him? Starring: Clay Landon as Fairy Godfather Extraordinaire)
©2020 Ruth Cardello (P)2020 Ruth Cardello
Hollywood Heir
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A billionaire silver-screen hero finds a real-life heroine in this sizzling romantic comedy from New York Times bestselling author Ruth Cardello. Sage Revere follows her instincts, which have led to an oddball career as a plant psychologist. As a side project, she also helps strangers find happiness. Sage has a gift for knowing who needs her help, and the brooding hunk of a loner she meets in a coffee shop certainly fits the bill. She can feel it. On-screen, Eric Westerly is the hottest superhero there is. Offscreen, he’s out of rehab; incognito in London; and reevaluating his life, his career, and his broken family ties. All he wants is to be alone. Then along comes some daft plant whisperer who gets under his skin. She’s also sweet, sexy, and irresistible. But what’ll happen when she finds out who he is—that underneath the gray spandex, he’s just a regular guy with a Batcave? But Eric isn’t the only one with a few secrets. And when the masks come off, Sage and Eric are going to have to trust each other if they want a Hollywood happy ending.
©2018 Ruth Cardello (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved
The Secret One
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In this steamy third book in New York Times bestselling author Ruth Cardello’s Corisi Billionaires series, a trip to Italy could jump-start a lasting relationship - but only if all that’s hidden comes to light. When Christof meets a beautiful mechanic on the side of the road, he knows they’re meant to be. His family, however, needs him and his mediation skills in Italy, where decades of secrets and betrayal could cost them everything. His mother is convinced a fiancée would help smooth things over. But he’d be nuts to ask a woman he just met to participate in such a farce. Men always find something about McKenna they want to change - her independence, her success, the grease that clings to her after a satisfying day in the garage. So when she starts falling for a handsome billionaire, she doesn’t believe it will last. Their engagement is fake, but the sparks that fly when they’re together are too real to resist. If Christof and McKenna trust themselves and each other, Italy will jump-start a love as intimate as it is intense. If not...their relationship isn’t the only one on the line.
©2020 Ruth Cardello (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
Stolen Kisses
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Dax Marshall isn't the type of man a woman takes home to meet her parents. He's a business shark who has never let anything as insignificant as caring stop him from taking over a company. Some call him heartless, but he doesn't see the value of caring about anyone or anything until he meets Kenzi. Her happiness becomes his obsession. Kenzi Barrington has tried to be the person her family needed her to be, but she doesn't want to lie anymore. When she can't hold a dark secret in another day, she turns to the one man she knows is strong enough to hear the truth. What starts as a simple attraction becomes a friendship that changes how they both define love.
©2016 Ruth Cardello (P)2016 Ruth Cardello
Always Mine
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When it comes to getting what he wants, Asher Barrington is a hammer who is known for crushing his opponents. From the moment Emily walks into his office and challenges him, winning takes on a whole new meaning. The only thing standing between Emily Harris and her goal to open a museum for the blind is an arrogant, sexy-as-hell billionaire, who thinks sleeping with her will not complicate the situation. He won't change. She won't back down. But together they sizzle.
©2015 Ruth Cardello (P)2016 Ruth Cardello
Trade It All
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Lance Barrington's priority is business, not pleasure. Only one woman has ever been able to turn him inside out: Willa Chambers, his sister's best friend. Forbidden. Scandalous. Unforgettable. They've spent the last 10 years trying to forget one night. When Willa and Lance are thrown together again, things heat up fast. Loving him almost destroyed her the first time. This time, will it heal her? A new, seven book series about the Andrade's Boston cousins. The first series in the Barrington Billionaire world. Book 1: Always Mine Book 2: Stolen Kisses Book 3: Trade it All Book 4: Let It Burn (Coming soon) Book 5: More Than Love (Coming 2016) Book 6: Forever Now (Coming 2017) Book 7: Never Goodbye (Coming 2017)
©2016 Ruth Cardello (P)2016 RCardello LLC
Come Away with Me
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New York Times & USA Today best-selling author! Gio Andrade: Rich, powerful, sexy. A man who thinks he has everything...until he meets Julia. Julia Bennett: Sweet, spontaneous, and desperate to sell her jewelry line in New York City. She takes a job as a night security guard to pay the rent. Sparks fly when she mistakes her boss for an intruder. He can't get her out of his head. She can't find the strength to deny him. Will lies bring them together or tear them apart forever?
©2014 Ruth Cardello (P)2014 Ruth Cardello
Up for Heir
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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Ruth Cardello puts two hearts on the line when a Boston billionaire takes a second chance on the woman of his dreams. Spencer Westerly is his own man. He didn't need his father's money to build his wildly successful tech company - and he doesn't want to deal with the fallout from old family secrets. But as much as Spencer wants to avoid Westerly drama, his grandmother - the family matriarch - is determined to pull him back into the fold. And she's discovered the perfect lure: his college sweetheart, Hailey. Although she broke his heart, Hailey is still the only woman he's ever loved. Now that she's back and looking as desirable as ever, Spencer is determined to get a second chance. A lot has changed for Hailey Tiverton. The only thing that hasn't? The inexplicable pull she feels toward Spencer. When they were younger, his work was his priority. Now, he'd better be willing to prove that, this time, love comes first...
©2017 Ruth Cardello (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
Forever Now
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Kade: For the first 30 years of his life, Kade Thompson knew exactly who he was and where his life in Australia was going. He made tough choices he thought his family needed — even if it meant leaving behind the one woman who had his heart. A phone call changes everything. His American biological parents and family have tracked him down — so, who are the people who raised him? Who is he? The Barringtons mourned for him when they thought he was dead — now they are swooping in to rescue him. From what? When everything Kade thought he knew about himself comes into question, he turns to the one person who has always been there for him — Annie. Part of him always knew he’d come home to her, but has too much time gone by for her to give him another chance? Annie: Independence and success hadn’t always been her dream. At 20, she imagined a much different path for herself — one that included Kade Thompson and a fairy tale happily ever after with him. Painfully in love, she waited for him to wake up and realize how perfect they were for each other. She never lost faith in him. Even after he left, she was confident he would come back to her. He never did. So, she picked herself up, dusted her dreams off, and made a good life for herself without him. Until he walks into her parents’ pub and says he needs her. He’s not looking for a wife or a lover — so sleeping with him is definitely not a good idea. He’s reeling from the changes in his life and needs the friendship they’ve always shared, but she needs more than to be a comfort to him. Annie has finally moved on. She’s found happiness without him. Can she be there for him and not lose herself again? He’s not Kade Thompson. He’s not Kent Barrington. He’s somewhere between the two, trying to figure himself out. How could they possibly find their forever now?
©2018 Ruth Cardello (P)2020 Ruth Cardello